An Indonesian policeman surveys the scene of the bomb blast that killed 202 people at Kota on Bali on Oct 14, 2002. (Reuters file photo)SYDNEY: Australia has welcomed charges laid by the United States against a Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of masterminding the 2002 Bali bombings in which 202 people were killed, including 88 Australians. Indonesian-born militant Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali, is accused of overseeing the 2002 Bali bombings and an attack on the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta in 2003 that killed 12 people. Hambali, captured in Bangkok in 2003 and held in Guantanamo Bay since 2006, was finally charged this week. Hambali was captured in Bangkok in 2003 and has been held in Guantanamo Bay without charge since 2006.

Source: Bangkok Post June 24, 2017 07:18 UTC